I'm sorry, but that modesty panel, hiding your secret shameful entertainment device, looks silly. Hang a long curtain from a rod mounted to the door frame, if you must, and make the curtain a feature, not a bug. Use a heavier weight fabric, so it hangs properly. That way, no one sees the door, and you can rejoice that your friends won't be sucked into the black void of the empty screen.

Paint that wood thing black, and call it good. Most people have television sets--hiding it is really rather ridiculous.

It's bad enough that there's a gigantic TV blocking a door...
...putting a curtain in front of it ("OH, is there a window in the middle of that door?") isn't fooling anyone.

Palmetto is spot on. LOL love the fabric, but doesn't a TV fit into the living room more than a large, awkward floating piece of fabric?

A ceiling to floor curtain would hide the door behind the TV. Put the curtain behind the TV when watching Lost. Put it in front of the tv when not watching.

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Hiding a tv is some kind of HGTV brainwashing.

Here's my hide-the-TV solution, which I've presented many times on AT, to resounding lack of attention. Well, here goes again:

http://picasaweb.google.com/elliottbanfield/FlatScreenTVCaseAnInvention#

PinotCity: even better, put the curtain in front of the tv when watching Lost! (haha)

I agree with all of the above. I don't think that a big black tv screen looks any worse than a flat panel of fabric hanging randomly in the room.

As a DIY solution, it's not so bad - dealing with "hiding" flat screens is tough.

One of our woodworkers, Tony O'Malley, has been referenced in AT before - he just wrote a blog about using built-ins to hide or "soften" the look of them: http://blog.custommade.com/2010/02/built-in-cabinetry-for-your-flat-screen-tv/

Not DIY for most of us but there are a few cool ideas in there.

Yeah there definitely is an if you can't admit to owning a tv then don't own one part of me. Mine is one of the focal points of my place because I'm often focused on it. When I want it to not look ugly and black (which I don't often think it does but if you do) I play a slideshow of photos I took which has the effect of making people go, OH! Wow look at that did you take that?!

Yeah, I have to say that the door looks worse than the tv. Job one for me would be to take that mirror down, job two: get a tv stand that is the width of the tv; it's amazing how much that serves to scale down the visual impact of a giant tv. To kill two birds with one stone hang a heavy weight full length black curtain to hide the door, the tv will disappear with the dark background.

i'm with bepsf. if you're embarassed about having a tv, maybe you shouldn't have one.

The problem isn't that there is a TV there, it's that there is too much there. The fabric looks just as busy as the TV. If you have to hide the TV, do one big piece of fabric that also hides the door and take down the mirror (and possibly the poster and hanger). There is way too much going on behind the TV.

That said, I don't know why you need to hide the TV. People have TVs and they watch them. It's too big for the space, but adding the same sized piece of fabric doesn't help that. The space needs to be simplified.

I wholeheartedly agree with everything leilynne said, in your case. But I'll never hide my flat screen. I love it. As a matter of fact, I have 3 and I'm only 1 person. One in each bedroom and in the living room. Just in case both cats and I all want to watch something different. LOL.

Looks like a solution in search of a problem.

Make it part of your decor. A beautiful screen saver - say, of a landscape or the ocean - might be worth the increase in electric bill.

ebanfield -- That's amazing! I think that's the first time I've seen someone hide a TV effectively, and in a way that looks good. I would have no idea a TV was even under that. A truly great job

It looks like your TV is at the beach putting it's swimsuit on behind a towel.

HATE IT! very frat house!

If you must use the fabric -- use a pale or medium blue or gray tone that is not as contrasty with the TV as the present white -- to hide the door frame behind it, instead of hiding the TV (be sure to cover the whole wall not just the door), and preferably paint the other door to match. Or just use paint for the wall and two doors. And also have the TV sit on a more substantial, architectural-looking stand that spans the whole wall not just a mingy piece of it. On the present flimsy table , it looks like it is about to tip over if you breathe on it. Remove the picture and move the chair out so that you can look at the TV while sitting on it.

If you want to hide the TV, why not go a bit further and give it the Home Theater treatment?

Get some inexpensive curtains (thrift store? maybe 5 panels?) or fabric and cover the whole wall behind the TV from the edge of the door that you actually use to the corner. (This could be stapled along the top of the wall since part of the wall is angled, or hung from a rod as high as possible over the door. If you staple, gather it into folds, staple it straight across and then down the angle, then cut off the excess from the angled portion so it hangs neatly. You could touch the staples with matching felt pen or paint, or cover them with some upholstery trin glued on...)

Then add a wide rod on long extensions (shelf brackets, maybe) that projects past the TV, and hang a pair of matching panels wide enough to cover the tv when closed, and that you can pull open to the sides of the tv when watching. (You could go all out and add bullion fringe at the bottom for the full effect, but that's pretty costy stuff unless you find a great deal. Still, it would be fun.)

When the curtains are closed they should blend with the ones behind and give the illusion of a big window, and when open, the feeling of a cinema.

VETO! If you're the type of person who insists on having an obnoxiously large TV (which I am, gasp!) then you're NOT the type of person who cares that people know you have a big TV.

This is just weird.

I second Grr. ebanfield, what an awesome solution! great idea, perfectly executed. well done!

Why are TVs automatically associated with bad design? TVs are being designed to be as sexy as sleek as ever. I have an enormous 50 inch flat screen and a very well designed living room. No point in hiding it with an apron (sorry!)--I mean, it's part of the whole "living" in living room, right?

This looks awful. The TV screen has a logical reason for being there, but the fabric curtain partially obscuring a doorway does not. Besides that, the TV stand isn't completely hidden. If the whole doorway were covered, it would look less busy, but still, I don't see what's wrong with exposing a nice TV.

Hmmm. Is it April 1st already?

Also: How to hide your dog using a rug.

I have to agree with the folks who are saying that a weird curtain in the middle of a door looks just as bad as a tv in front of the door, if not worse. Really odd looking.

If you hate the TV that much, just get a smaller TV.

This is hilariously bad.

that is a beautiful tv. a shame to try to hide it.

If you really only watch one hour of tv a week I would put the tv in the closet and pull it out for that one hour

You own it. Now OWN it! This is one of the worst ideas ever.

ebanfield's suggestion is considerably sleeker.

However, rather than hiding the TV, figure out why you're trying to hide it. Obviously it does look a bit out of place in the room. Granted, so does the door. Rather than doing the equivalent of hiding something in the closet, figure out how to make it work in your home.

So here's a suggestion to kill two birds with one stone if you're willing to part with the functionality of the door (assuming it's unused and not a closet or something).

Consider something like Muro Media Storage (http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/images/uploads/8-28-flatscreen-furniture-2.jpg), however, DIY it. There are shelves that exist (such as Conceal, from the MOMA store) that are basically oversized L-brackets. They provide a clean look. Granted, there are plenty of shelf alternatives.

So the backing board covers the door, allows you to mount the TV on it, fixes the issue of "scale" caused by the now seemingly tiny media stand, and can replace said stand (you can re-purpose it elsewhere as general storage). Paint it. Decorate it. Do with that board as you see fit to ensure that it and the TV are now well-integrated into the space.

Just an idea, and may require some furniture rearranging, but if you hone the idea and execute well it'd be an inexpensive solution that solves several problems at once, and could be done under $200 (including a wall-mount bracket for the TV).

While I understand not wanting your giant TV to be the room's main statement, I have to say the floating curtain in the middle of the wall in front of the door accentuates it AND your insecurity/embarrassment about it.

We just purchased an enormous tv on Saturday, and I admit that I felt a little embarrassed about the sheer size of it. How decadent! How bourgie! I felt vaguely self-conscious when our friends noticed it the next day. But a few hours later when 10 of our friends were playing Rock Band, belting out songs and staying hours later than we all planned for a Sunday night, I got over it.

Went to get the popcorn as soon as I saw the thumbnails and the title. AT readers did not disappoint. You people are hilarious! And very, very right. Posts that promote TV aprons/modesty curtains should not be encouraged.

I keep my TV hidden in a cabinet -- I hate having it as a focal point of the living room. But this wee curtain is just as bad as an exposed, perhaps worse.

I think that I like the other solutions that have been presented here of using a back ground to hide the TV. They were ones with wall paper behind it that really worked a lot better than this hack.

You could always cover your shameful tv with a collage made of pages from dirty magazines...? That would distract attention. I feel your pain though - I bought a small tv because I hate big tv's, and now I have trouble seeing it clearly. Oh well, there's not much on that's worth the eyestrain anyway. Given that these things are manufactured to break in a few years we will both have the opportunity to reconsider our choices soon.

I don't think it's about being embarrassed to have a TV, or trying to fool anyone... some of us just prefer not to have a large, gaping, blank screen in the room when we're using it for other functions like entertaining or reading. Ours is off more than it's on, and it's in our only entertaining space, so it's nice to forget about it. Though I do agree that this particular "solution" is really not solving anything.

This is definitely a case where the cure is worse than the disease. That is embarrassing!

Are those naked looking cushions on the floor hiding cluttery AV components? Maybe there's more than one secret shame going on here that a full-length drapery could address.

@BetterBombshell

The issue at hand is in most homes, a large, glossy black rectangle tends to go at odds with most decorating styles. It's the 50" diagonal elephant in the room.

So what happens is either (worst to best)...

* Bachelor pad. You scan the room, trying to say something nice, and all you can say is, "You have a... uh... erm... nice TV. Yeah!"
* TV and media stand being out of character with the rest of the place.
* Media/entertainment storage serves as a shrine to the TV, but not in a good way.
* TV tastefully concealed
* Other awesome focal point of room easily draws attention away from TV.
* Other awesome focal point, and TV/entertainment storage is tastefully concealed.
* Other awesome focal point, TV/entertainment storage is well-integrated into the whole design of the space.

More contemporary settings have easier options to work with, but some designers have brutal pricing (Kettnaker, Cassina, Cappelini). The best (and most cost-effective) options I've seen are superior alternative focal points, and having at least one furniture and some accents with bright punches of color. Backing the TV with a board (a la a picture frame, not like Muro) can also work if it complements other furnishings.

It's a "problem" I'm still to tackle in my home because I want to do it right.

Personally I love my "big ass" TV. If you really want it to
disappear put it in front of a dark wall. The little stage
curtain is fooling no one...

I can't be sure if this is more tacky than that post about making a chandelier out of old CDs, but I think it might be.

If you want to hide a TV when you have company over, then just unplug the TV and put it in a closet. Problem solved! I prefer to actually use it to play music or a screen saver ... plus TVs are obviously so ubiquitous today that I don't even notice them when I go to someone's place for a party.

and are the pillows, stacked up in front of the unit, part of the solution? You can still tell there are probably cable box/television paraphernalia behind them. I think they would look much better than this attempt. Really not good!
The dog, however is very cute.

ebanfield, your invention is nifty and it looks good. I imagine you've heard quite a few oohs and aahs when it's time to watch TV at your house!

Close-up shots, rheally?

Hockey fans, raise your hands. We have our big flatscreen TV for one reason only: the NHL. It's big and ugly. But I love it.

I can't believe this made it onto AT. My attention was initially caught by the orange chair ("Nice", I thought), then the simple black rocker ("Sweet"), then the whole scene started to unravel...Even if that apron thingy weren't the focus of the piece, what on earth is a TV that size doing in a room so small? And in front of a door? Adjacent to a safari hat? If I were that dog, I would be hotfooting it about 14 feet away, as one puff on the cine-screen and it's curtains for the pooch.

I don't get why people buy gigantic TVs and then try and cover them up, especially in hideous ways. Either spend the equivalent on a nice cabinet that you can close the doors on, or think twice before investing in it. Also: if you're going to admit you watch Lost, the jig is up with the TV-snobbery thing.

This is a pretty silly solution. If you must "disguise" the tv, how about leaning a painting or other piece of art against it--something for you and others to look at instead of provoking a curiosity to peek behind the curtain...

Why are people so ashamed of having tv's and esp. having a big tv? Why not have a big one? With more open living nowadays, don't you want a big tv you can see when cooking in the kitchen? I love a big screen. It gives more of that theater feel. And it's good when watching with several people.

As for the curtain, it is a little awkward. It might help if the area were less cluttered (what's w/ all the pillows?) or if the curtain hung to the floor and covered the tv stand as well (or like someone said, from top of the wall to floor). But as far as hiding it, it's a quick and easy solution. I've also seen some tv slipcovers on flickr.

Good lord Kyle, have you lost your mind?

@ ebanfield -Very Cool Invention and excellent solution to people trying to hide-the-tv. I can see this in so many versions already.

Sorry this DIY is totally off. It looks incredibly awkward and out of sync with the rest of the room. If you want a big tv in the room, just accept it. If you can't accept the cosmetic issue, just get rid of it and replace with books!

I think the other reason that it looks really silly is because it's obvious that a door is behind the tv so you have all these shapes and functions that this curtain is supposed to be disguising.

maybe this "house hacks" feature should be discontinued. the last couple have been a little bird-brained and a lot tacky

Great Fabric, terrible solution-sorry

I've been wanting to find a solution to our big tv. We watch a lot of movies so I love having it, but it can be an eye sore. However, the problem with this if you're going to do this you should probably have the fabric go all the way to the floor and also there should be more so it's not completely flat against the tv, but instead it can flow and drape down in front of the tv, more like what you'd do with a window.

Commenters need to get over themselves with their taste-level enforcement. I know all of you have 100% clutter-free, coherently designed and furnished homes where nothing betrays even a smidge of less-than-impeccable taste. Eye roll.

I have a TV on a shelf among some Ikea Billy bookshelves, and I have indeed been looking for a way to hide it. Yes, I watch TV, and I'm not afraid to admit it, but when people are over for a non-TV-focused occasion I would prefer not to have it RIGHT THERE. I've considered a fireplace screen or something but I might give this a try.

@MrFoof,

I understand why people want to better integrate a television into their decor, but this post opens with embarrassment over even purchasing a large television. I don't think they need to be.

In our case we're fortunate enough that our reading nook draws the eye upon entering the room, and we'll find a better way to integrate the television itself decor-wise when inspiration and money allow. Until then we don't mind people knowing that we play video games and watch movies and love a clear, crisp picture. Next year we'll get cable so we can watch Hockey in HD. (Hockey really is a good enough reason alone to own a giant TV)

I'm just saying I think it's fine to embrace a completely common household device until one is able to afford/devise a good solution. Hanging a curtain on it reminds me of those cartoons where someone tries to hide an elephant by throwing a blanket over it.

UGH.. two things going on, the door - and the TV. If possible hide the TV in a cabinet so it's always out of sight - but please that fabric has got to go! Stop looking at it as a big black void - check this website out for some fun DVDs - there *is* video art out there.. very cool stuff that will impress even the most jaded hipster visitor.... and they even have impressionist art if you're into that..

http://www.plasmawindow.com/tvlightbox.html

The door.. oy.. hide it with a full length white curtain or a good jolt of color (velvet orange?). As a last measure - at least cover the TV in a plain white slipcover.. it will disappear into the background. Personally, I would find another place for it, build a wood frame the size of the TV frame and upholster it in a nice neutral linen to soften that harsh hard edge black rectangle and run a dvd.. good luck.

I actually do have a clutter free apartment! Just kidding, well I'm close. What I love about AT is that it features people who have a variety of tastes that set a high bar for home decor and design, whether the theme is modern, vintage, country, whatever. Most are in agreement that this project falls short of the standard bar. The cover looks out of place against the backdrop and it's obvious that it's hiding something.

@breathnaigh: Try using a roll-up shade or blind to hide just the portion of the billy that has your tv. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/inspiration/furniture-with-curtains-and-shades-086537

Yikes!! I concur with majority here who thinks it draws even MORE attention than before. TV was fine as is. Looks terrible. Sorry.

I think covering a TV like this is like covering the stove in your kitchen: its one of the main reasons that the room even exists, so own it.

There are better ways to make a large tv unobtrusive, like placing it so that it can't be seen from the room entry, organizing your furniture into conversational groupings that don't focus on the television, etc. But this actually draws more attention to it, and not in a good way.

If the company that you host in your home is that judgmental, you need to find new friends.

It is a TV, get over it.

@BetterBombshell

That's cool. Some people like to conceal certain things, and some like to display others.

I'm not against concealing a TV, I'm just saying that regardless of the plan (display or hide), put your best foot forward. i.e. I have no good concealing storage solution for my (IKEA) cookware in the kitchen (don't want to store it in the oven). However I put a lot (maybe too much) of thought into how I could arrange them to make it look as good as IKEA cookware ever will on a budget of $0. There was a post a while back of someone with very, very neatly organized bath linens - making something as mundane as your plain-jane bath towels look nice are simply free wins.

That is one ugly solution to a problem that doesn't exist except in the minds of those not willing to live in the 21st century.

There is nothing wrong with hiding your TV, if that is what you want. I just think this is a poorly executed attempt. This is a design site, right?

Oh boy... this is really terrible.
I can't understand why a television that is turned off would be distracting to conversation. Sounds like the conversation's the problem, not the television. Or maybe the conversations are so boring that having this ungodly curtain in the living room is an ice-breaker? I almost never do any criticizing around here, but this is just unbelievable.

I spy an adorable doggy! The TV looks great. Leave it uncovered please.

Nice try...back to the drawing board.

Sorry, but I'm in the group that thinks this looks horrible. Instead of a huge TV jammed in an awkward spot in front of a door with cushions piled in front of it, there's a floating curtain in an awkward spot in front of a door with cushioned piled under it. There are plenty of great ways to hide a TV, but this misses the mark. If it had been a full length curtain, it would have worked better.

My husband went out and bought a 52" tv and I had quite a time trying to decorate around it or with it(he's not into decorating). I must admit I thought it made us look overindulgent as well. After seeing this post I have decided to embrace the monstrousity the TV is and just enjoy it...save the curtains for the windows!

even the dog knows that this is ugly! he's looking at the front door like "get me outta here"

I think this looks TERRIBLE.

It's possibly the most hodge-podge-in-a-no-design-sense-way room I've seen on AT... what's with all those pillows on the floor?

Also, why cover the tv to start with? Use it as a design element. Leave it on with a yule log in your dvd player in the winter, or cable tv/satellite music during the summer.

THIS IS SO STUPID! What's worse: giant tv or giant swath of cloth? Gross.

Sorry, but I laughed really hard at those pictures...it's like it was a parody...close up shots and everything! I love that fabric. But this is a horrible idea. *still laughing*

This is more stupid than the curtains that hide the plumbing on sinks -- which I think usually look pretty dumb, too.
Was this a test to see how low our taste goes?

BTW...why is the TV positioned in front of the door?

This stupid curtain looks like Poor Folks Decorating.

Why don't you take this down and repost on April 1?

I feel bad for finding this so funny. First the actual post, then the comments - just what I needed after a long day. Thanks guys! <3 Hey, everyone goofs now and then, right? :)

That's simply hideous. Whose idea was this? Is it April 14th already???

These comments are hilarious. And as the owner of a small and old tv, I have to say I sometimes throw fabric over it. We have four kids ranging in age from 4 mos to 12 yrs, and sometimes they need a visual that tells them the tv is off limits. This curtain thingy looks odd and out of place, but it isn't because it is a tv cover... it is because it looks like a puppet stage curtain. I admit to a rather bohemian/farmhouse/retro style (my kids ride around on an electrolux older than me while I vacuum a mod 80s rug in my century-old VT cape farm house)... but here, throw a hippy scarf over it and no tv for you! (Now... how to disguise the computers... which are the real sources of tv in hilly rural vt with no reception and no cable?)

I think you should put a drapery over the door, and leave the tv alone.

I couldn't put my finger on what it was reminding me of but gypsymomma has got it, "puppet stage curtain".

I don't care for the floating fabric idea. A full curtain might be worth a shot. The TV stand should be as wide as the TV, otherwise, it's unbalanced. Maybe a stand with wheels that could be pulled out when it's TV time and put back when not in use. Hung on the wall would be nice but it's hard to see what space you have. A field trip would be fun, after reading all the comments, I'm ready to go to work! I'd love to see the results if you end up changing it. Good luck!

I'm so surprised at all the negative comments.

Its thoroughly enjoyable to watch movies and television on a huge screen, but when you're not watching its a bulky distraction. I don't like the energy of a big blank screen in a room. When you to just sit and talk with friends or relax and read a book, that big screen looms over the space.

So, while the particular fabric used for the curtain might not have been my choice, I love the idea of pulling a tapestry over it the tv or having a screen you can move in front it.

This looks really bizarre. There must be better ways to hide a TV.

My toilet is kinda ugly. And honestly, I only use it like fifteen minutes a day. The rest of the time, it just sits there, all huge, and white, and...huge.

Maybe it needs a modesty curtain, too?

Nothing to add except: Points for bravery.

I'm gonna have to be another Negative Nellie here and say that this is just f*cking weird.

I think the idea has possibilities. I have a smaller flat screen in my bedroom that I don't want to look at all the time. I can see centering it on my dresser, then hanging a piece of fabric in front of it, like a wall hanging. I guess I'm the only one though --sorry.

I'm not the only one who thought this was a joke post.
It's a snood for a TV. How's that a "home hack" ???

LOL! @ Keri. How am I the only one who thought that was hilarious?

Oh, and I can really sympathize with wanting to hide an enormous tv (my boyfriend purchased a 50" for our living room). So if you must, a curtain on the entire wall would work a bit better. Otherwise, I hate to admit it really does look like a puppet show curtain. :(

Wow, I must be the only person who likes this. I have never owned a TV and probably never will - in part because they *are* hideous! I have never understood why electronics design hasn't gone in a more..aesthetically pleasing...direction. Flatscreen tvs are better than the old ugly boxes, but still...ugh. I would way rather look at a piece of nice fabric.

I really like your fishing line curtain rod idea and may use it for other purposes in my life (such as installing a curtain rod from a weird ceiling that will block off my studio mates ungodly mess!).

Thanks for this.

I'm trying to be charitable in saying that maybe this looks better when seen within the context of the room as a whole. But based on the photos provided here, I have to agree that the curtain actually draws more attention to the "problem" you are trying to hide. The whole set-up looks forced, awkward, and unbalanced. Honestly, the naked television really doesn't look bad at all, likely because it's an element we're all accustomed to seeing in a room. Its presence is natural, whereas the curtain in that placement just isn't.

I found this DIY creative, pleasing, and smart. And funny, in a good way; it'll be a great conversation piece. And I really appreciate that Kyle used materials she had on hand, rather than going out and buying something new.

But clearly, when you question the almighty television in any way, as Kyle's doing here, you touch a nerve and incur people's wrath. It's fine not to like something, but what happened to the notion of being respectful and constructive? Does the anonymity of the Internet have to bring out the catty hater in everyone? Rise above it, people.

AHHHHhahahah thank you so much for getting me to really laugh at 9:15am all of you posters. I couldn't believe the post, it was like a joke. HAHA, then I got to read all of your hilarious comments. This is the funniest thing I have seen in a while. The cute little white dog in the front just makes it funnier.

You can also put a library to hide the fabric who hide the tv that hide the door. :-)

I think you should just seal the room off with police tape.

this is better than a telenovela.

I'm sorry, but that curtain idea is really ugly--it totally cheapens the room & looks really awkward. That's a gorgeous little doggie though.

@ebanfield, that's an amazing invention! I could totally see myself buying something like that for my bedroom where I'd rather have my bed as the focal point of the room.

@rr90027, thanks for the great website! Those DVD's are definitely beautiful--especially the fish ones!

Can't improve upon the previous comments. The idea is ridiculous and is like putting lipstick on a pig.

The house looks really nice, other than this. How about a drop from the ceiling screen?

"But clearly, when you question the almighty television in any way, as Kyle's doing here, you touch a nerve and incur people's wrath."

TH, I don't own a TV.

This is still ugly, and a little silly.

Have a nice day!

I enjoyed this a lot, and I don't own a TV. It makes me feel better about all the stuff I won't throw out. I have all kinds of curtain rods, fabric and what have you sitting in the closet. I'm going to save it for a rainy day and buy some fishing line. When I moved into my new apartment I did give a lot of old stuff away, but no more. I'm saving everything else just in case! Basically, a shared idea doesn't have to be literally applied - it just opens the mind a bit. The Elliot Banfield TV case is brilliant but I'm not that good with my hands.

Yeah, I have to agree. It's a big "no" in my book.

It's forced, not funky enough to call it funky and weird in one of those "I'm ashamed to stare" kind of ways. It made me think of the homemade puppet booth my niece and nephew made many years back. That works for a 4 and a 6 year old but not in what looks like a fun but adult home.

I agree with others. Embrace the TV, get a stand that helps it feel like it belongs instead of feeling like it's teetering on a cliff. Perhaps trade it with someone for a smaller one so you don't feel like it's overpowering your space. But the placement, the fabric, the execution is just off.

This reminds of the 4,087 companies out there trying to market breastfeeding cover-ups in the name of 'helping' women be modest. In my mind, nothing screams, "EXPOSED BOOB HERE!" more than a blanket trying to hide an exposed boob.

In this case, nothing screams "BIG UGLY TV HERE" more than a strange rectangular floating curtain set-up.

Police tape! Haha!

Also, loincloth.

Nice fabric. Good execution. But a full-length drapery would have looked much better. The short drape conceals nothing and looks worse than the big screen.

Very, very weird. Because it's so awkward, it draws attention rather than disguising anything. I'm sure the room is oddly shaped or something, but putting the TV in front of a door should NOT have been an option. But if you must put it there and you must cover it, the curtain should be ceiling-to-floor and it should be double-width so that it drapes properly rather than laying flat. Then, it *might* almost look like there might be a window behind the curtain.

How did I miss this? Honestly, I have a stomachache from laughing so hard. Oooooh, that was fun.

There's bigger problems to worry about

My husband walked by while I was looking at this. He said "really? this is what you are reading? They better have better looking stuff somewhere on that site..."

what a waste of fabric. Embrace the tv.

When you placed it in front of a door you made sure you could never really "hide" it unless you hung that fabric from the ceiling like a real curtain.

In agreement with someone else who's already posted, to me, this looks like the kids are going to start a puppet show momentarily, and the only thing holding them back from opening the curtain is that you haven't taken your seat on one of the cushions.

The TV looks ridiculously huge because it is overscale for the stand it's on. I'd rather have a ridiculously huge black box than a goofy puppet-show curtain that swings in the slightest breeze. (That is, of course, since I'm no longer 8, I used to love holding puppet shows behind the sofa, with the picture window curtains as my stage.) A bigger curtain, a wall-anchorage point, or a better stand would make this problem go away.

It is nice fabric, though.

Maybe a real toy theater is the way to go. Here's one:

http://picasaweb.google.com/elliottbanfield/NewAlbum22110619PM?pli=1&gsessionid=2wRSwjbPj5dg9LpAjf4-lA#5440841665505799682

This is my favorite post EVER. I keep coming back just to read the comments and laugh. And yes, it is still silly looking!

Waiting for the Punch and Judy show...

@ebanfield I saw it and I showed it to my parents!!

So, um, Kyle... have you switched to a longer panel yet?